Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 25 :

Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 25 : Ira Mark Milne, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. - 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay / Michael Chabon -- American pastoral / Philip Roth -- Cold mountain / Charles Frazier -- David Copperfield / Charles Dickens -- The deerslayer / James Fenimore Cooper -- Empire Falls / Richard Russo -- The good earth / Pearl S. Buck -- In Babylon / Marcel M�ring -- Independence day / Richard Ford -- No-no boy / John Okada -- Stones from the river / Ursula Hegi -- Waiting / Ha Jin.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.



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Chabon, Michael. Amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
Roth, Philip. American pastoral.
Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. David Copperfield.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Deerslayer.
Russo, Richard, 1949- Empire Falls.
Buck, Pearl S. 1892-1973. Good earth.
M�oring, Marcel. In Babylon.
Ford, Richard, 1944- Independence day.
Okada, John. No-no boy.
Hegi, Ursula. Stones from the river.
Jin, Ha, 1956- Waiting.


Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.

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